§ 30.02 CANDIDACY.
   An eligible elector of the city may become a candidate for an elective city office by filing with the City Clerk a valid petition requesting that the elector’s name be placed on the ballot for that office. The petition must be signed by eligible electors equal in number to at least 2% of those who voted to fill the same office at the last regular city election, but not less than ten persons.
(1999 Code, § 6.02)